Riyad Ne'mah born in Baghdad 1968 Iraqi artwork Suffering and Loss

Riyad Ne'mah

“ I am like those people. I want to summarise those people in me (because) they are a part of me… Even though each of them has his own story, they are somehow me.” 

Riyadh Ne’mah was born in Baghdad in 1968. He holds a BA in Fine Art from the University of Baghdad in 1992. Ne’mah’s art depicts overwhelming contrasts of color, where lines are sharp and random, and where the paint is essentially lyrical.
His abstract and erratic canvases are like songs, and his dynamic brushwork, somber palette and anonymous subjects evoke a self-reflection and a lost childhood.

With his range of eerie, implicit narratives, he tells the tale of his nation, fragmented by isolation and its confused political situation. In the whirlwind of suffering and loss, Ne’mah rediscovers identity and brings humanity back to life through paint.

He has exhibited in many galleries in the Arab world such as Rafia Gallery in Damascus, the Courtyard Gallery in Dubai, the Dar al Anda Gallery in Amman.

    Selected Exhibitions

2013: The Venue Gallery, Beirut
2011: Dar al Anda Gallery, Amman
2011: Rafia Gallery, Damascus
2009: Courtyard Gallery, Dubai 

 

Serwan, 2014, Mixed media on canvas, 70x135cm

 

Café, 2014, Mixed media on canvas,155x120cm

 The street, 2014, 100x80cm, Mixed media on canvas

 The street 2, 2014, 140x120cm, mixed media on canvas

 A place, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 26x32cm

 

Angy, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 130x110cm

Untitled 1, 2015

Untitled 1, 2015, Mixed Media on canvas, 140 x 120cm

Untitled 2, 2015, Mixed Media on canvas, 55 x 105 cm

 Red 1, 2015, mixed media on canvas, 80x120cm

Red 2, 2015, mixed media on canvas, 80x120cm

Nizar, 2015, mixed media on canvas, 120x 140cm

 Soldier, 2015, 100x120cm, Mixed media on canvas

Soldier 1, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 160x160cm

Soldier 2, 2015, mixed media on canvas, 160x160cm

Reem, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 110x80cm 

Reflection 1, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 82x175cm

 Reflection 2, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 82x175cm

 Meditation 1, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 140x120cm

 Meditation 2, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 130x110cm

 Karam, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 110x130

 Karam 2, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 28.5x28.5cm

Steve jobs, 2015, Mixed media on canvas, 160x50cm

 Memory, 2015, 140x120cm, mixed media on canvas

 Sunset, 2015, 80x160cm, mixed media on canvas

In the green, 145x145cm, mixed media on canvas

 Picasso, 140x120cm, mixed media on canvas

 The city, 175x175cm, mixed media on canvas

 Untitled, 90x90cm, mixed media on canvas

Memory of the wall

Beirut 2

 Mireille & Ayman

 Riyad Ne'mah Window Shopping

Artist for Syria's children of war

Riyad Ne'mah
Oil on canvas 120 x 120 cm

 Riyad Ne'mah
 Oil on canvas 120 x 180 cm

The morning, 80x160cm, mixed media on canvas

 

 

 

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